him to Himself. They brought Bartimaeus to Christ. “Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?” (v. 51). Until blind Bartimaeus recognized a need, there was no way that Christ could meet that need. So He brought from Bartimaeus a confession of his need. “Lord, that I might receive my sight.” In response to his desire to see, Christ healed Bartimaeus. The principle is so clear. Christ can and will do for a man what a man recognizes as his need. Until a man recognizes
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